Black Thursday
(Czarny czwartek)
This film is dedicated to the workers' strikes that swept over Polish coastal cities in December of 1970, only to be brutally crushed by communist authorities. Black Thursday focuses on the story of the family of Gdynia shipyard worker Brunon Drywa, who was shot dead during riots at a train station in Gdynia on December 17, 1970.
Runtime: 100 minutes
Release Year: 2010
Director: Antoni Krauze
Screenplay: Mirosław Piepka, Michał S. Pruski
Cinematography: Jacek Petrycki
Music: Michał Lorenc
Principal Cast: Marta Honzatko, Michał Kowalski, Piotr Andruszkiewicz, Wiktoria Kraszewska, Zofia Smagacka, Marta Kalmus-Jankowska, Cezary Rybiński, Wojciech Pszoniak, Piotr Fronczewski, Wojciech Tremiszewski, Witold Dębicki, Piotr Garlicki, Sławomir Orzechowski, Jacek Kałucki, Andrzej Dębski, Grzegorz Gzyl and others
